Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellent reviews for a bit part in a Broadway play — and she had a new name: Barbara Stanwyck.

• Gene FeldmanDirector
• Gene FeldmanWriter
• Suzette WinterWriter

• Barbara StanwyckSelf (archive footage)
• Richard ChamberlainSelf (archive footage)
• Gary CooperSelf (archive footage)
• Kirk DouglasSelf (archive footage)
• Paul DouglasSelf (archive footage)
• Shirley EderSelf
• Frank FaySelf (archive footage)
• Henry FondaSelf (archive footage)
• Charlton HestonSelf
• William HoldenSelf (archive footage)
• Burt LancasterSelf (archive footage)
• Roddy McDowallSelf